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Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X
From: "Rowe, Ken" <kenrowe () UILLINOIS EDU>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:47:45 -0500
It appears to be a pretty small list (in comparison to MS Windows). See http://macscan.securemac.com/spyware-list Ken. == Ken Rowe Director of Enterprise Systems Assurance and Information Security University Office of Administrative Information Technology Services University of Illinois 50 Gerty Drive, MC-673 Champaign, IL 61820 E kenrowe () uillinois edu O 217.265.0415 C 217.778.7693 F 217.333.6991 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Gene Spafford Sent: Mon 5/4/2009 11:32 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Care to share what you have found as spyware that is designed for the Mac? As far as I know, there are none in the wild, and even writing a proof- of-concept one is not simple. So, there may not be any need for such a thing. On May 4, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Kamnab Keo/FS/VCU wrote:
Can anybody recommend an anti-spyware utility for Mac/OS X? We have looked around but there is not much out there regarding Macs. Thanks, Kamnab Keo IT Risk Management Analyst Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Information Security - http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/ Information Security News, Tips & More - http://www.twitter.com/vcuinfosec Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, Social Security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html.
Current thread:
- Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Kamnab Keo/FS/VCU (May 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Kamnab Keo/FS/VCU (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Rowe, Ken (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Caroline Couture (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Joel Rosenblatt (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X David Auclair (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Peters, Kevin (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Stanclift, Michael (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Stanclift, Michael (May 04)
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